It’s out there… stalking me; waiting to pounce on its unsuspecting prey.  I turn the corner and there it is looming in the darkness.  I look in the mirror and it looks back at... Read more >>

It’s my birthday today. Forty-one. Strangely enough, I feel like I just entered my forties and not a year ago! Don’t know why, but that’s what it feels like ... And I like it. I... Read more >>

When I turned forty, it seemed that I was assaulted by the phrase “forty is the new twenty.” It was especially targeted at women since advertisers seem to assume that we are more... Read more >>

My Wii Fitness Program is mean. Yeah, I know I could probably stand to lose a few pounds. I know I need to work out and probably use the damn thing more than I do, but I forget. I’m... Read more >>

I am sitting on my lanai on the Hawaiian island of Kauai with my fortieth birthday only hours away. As the waves from the Pacific Ocean crash against the rocks below, I can’t help but feel... Read more >>

This coming August, I will celebrate my 40th birthday. Unlike some who dread this milestone, viewing it more as a tumultuous reminder of a “youth lost” than the gift it truly is (after... Read more >>

The first thing that happened to me when I turned forty was a sudden urge to find a way to make a mark in the world , so I went to a company and became a crma/dsp, working with mentally disabled... Read more >>

After years of dreading the upcoming event, it has finally arrived. This week I will turn the big forty, and surprisingly, I do not care. Is it because I feel and look better than I did the day I... Read more >>

It was the damndest thing! And I thought I was immune. August 31, 2005. I turned forty that day. I knew I was going to turn forty, I mean the math is simple enough. And who doesn’t keep track of... Read more >>